Looe's Gabi Rowe had double reason to celebrate in the 18th running of the Jesus Surf Classic at Croyde Bay in North Devon last weekend.

The event, organised by Christian Surfers UK, attracted more than 100 competitiors, despite three other key surf events taking place at the same time.

Rowe won the Junior Women's Division (Under 18) category and the Ladies Open event.

Laura Crane, from Braunton, surfed well to take second place in the Junior event, ahead of Lucy Campbell and 12-year-old Flora Lawton.

A new Groms Division (Under-12s) was launched this year, to encourage the development of this key age range. A special mention should go in this category to Garin Clay and Storm Wall, who were only aged nine and 10 respectively.

The final was hotly contested, with Newquay's Angus Scotney taking the winner's cash and trophy. North Devon's Will Bailey and Alex Gibson came second and third respectively, with George Hudson doing well in only his second contest.

Ed Smith (Liskeard) took his first JSC winner's trophy in the Youth event (Under 14) in a tight final, defeating Dale Foster (Newquay) and Georgeham's Taz Knight.

In the Cadets Division, Bude's Jobe Harris, who had surfed so well on the Saturday, had to withdraw from the final due to sickness, which meant Patrick Daniel was able to take the title ahead of Swansea's David Williams, and Dale Foster.

In the hotly-contested Men's Junior (U18 ) category final, Josh Piper surfed really well to hold off Toby Donachie in second, Alex Baker third and Daniel fourth.

The women's final saw an excellent contest, with Rowe triumphing over a great performance from Sarah Beardmore, who just could not get a decent second good scoring wave. Crane managed to hold off St Agnes surfer Hannah-Beth Luke.

The Masters (Over 35s) event was probably the most hotly contest since its inclusion eight years ago,

South African-born Bongo Hall took his first trophy ahead of last year's winner, Michael Plackett.

The final event of the day saw a great final in low tide conditions between four top-class surfers in the Open Final.

Woolacombe's Stuart Campbell swapped first place with Toby Donachie a number of times before claiming the large trophy and cheque for £300, retaining his 2009 title.

Josh Piper took third place ahead of Calstock's Sam Scoble in his first Jesus Surf Classic final.